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Dario Sammartino leads Day 4 of WSOPE Main Event

King’s Casino is jam-packed with action in the last two weeks, players are holding onto their seats, sitting at the edge and looking forward to grabbing the prestigious gold bracelet in this mini-series called the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) at Rozvadov. No wonder, the action was fast-paced yesterday at the Event #14: €10,350 Main Event No-Limit Hold’em where Day 4 came to a standstill.

Sitting at 1^st in Italy’s All-Time money list, the poker pro, Dario Sammartino carries total live earnings of over $14 million. With $9.5 million live earnings at the WSOP, Sammartino amassed the largest stack of 7,430,000 chips on Day 4. He started the day with second in chips closely following Day 3 chip leader Julien Martini who is still racing at 5^th in chips.

Day 4 resumed with 42 players returning to the table, all with the same hope of retaining the top prize of €1,133,678. After six 90-minute levels, the field was whittled down to only 14 players at the end of the day. Sammartino took over the lead, taking down a huge pot eliminating Day 1A chip leader Alex Foxen (26^th, €26,986) and Georgios Vrakas (25^th, €26,986). The struggle is real for the Italian poker pro, reaching five WSOP final tables including the WSOP Main Event but only to finish as the runner-up for $6 million. Sammartino might take home his career first-ever bracelet in WSOPE.

At the end of the day, the chip leader expressed, “After making the final table of the WSOP Main Event, I now believe that everything is possible. The tournament is really long and there are a lot of good players left, but I will play my game and see what happens. I feel very calm”. Dario is followed by David “OBD” Baker with 7,305,000 chips and Anthony Zinno with 6,950,000 chips racing for their 3^rd bracelet.

The other notable players leading onto Day 5 include Anh Do (4,175,000), Claas Segebrecht (3,920,000), Daniel Rezaei (3,675,000), Christian Rudolph (1,875,000), Alexandros Kolonias (1,835,000), Marek Blasko (1,635,000), Jakob Madsen (1,460,000), and Mykola Kostyrko (1,425,000).

Day 4 top 10 chip counts:

1. Dario Sammartino – 7,430,000
2. David “ODB” Baker – 7,305,000
3. Anthony Zinno – 6,950,000
4. Rifat Palevicv – 5,160,000
5. Julien Martini – 4,520,000
6. Anh Do – 4,175,000
7. Claas Segebrecht – 3,920,000
8. Daniel Rezaei – 3,675,000
9. Jan-Peter Jachtmann – 2,835,000
10. Christian Rudolph – 1,875,000

All players will return to the action area today (30 October) at 12 noon local time. Keep reading GutshotMagazine.com for latest updates on poker tournaments around the world!

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